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chloralhydrate

chloralhydrate is the alternative form of chloral hydrate.

Meaning of chloral hydrate

Noun

chloral hydrate (uncountable)

  1. An organic compound with the chemical formula C₂H₃Cl₃O₂, used as a sedative and hypnotic drug and as a laboratory reagent and precursor.

Origin of chloralhydrate

From chloral + hydrate.

Questions about chloralhydrate

What is chloralhydrate the alternative form of?
Chloralhydrate is the alternative form of chloral hydrate.

Words near chloralhydrate in the dictionary

  1. chloragosomes
  2. chloral
  3. chloral hydrate
  4. chloralamide
  5. chloralamides
  6. chloralhydrate
  7. chloralic
  8. chloralide
  9. chloralism
  10. chloralist
  11. chloralists

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